Corking machine



' Mair. s, 1925, 1,528,725

M. ZUCCATO GORKING MACHINE Original Filed June 10, 1921 Mario Zuccato.

M a" BY M W mg WITNESS:

Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

1,528,725 {PATENT armor.

' M Q. BHILA EL HIA, B NJ P YAN A, A SIGNQREQ BAC ELLI O .y 0F HIL L HA1 BEN Y AN A- Q N MACHINE! Application fliedJune 1921, Serial No;476,545. *RenewediDeeember 10, 1924'.

To all'whiom itmag concern:

Beit known that I, NIA'RTO'ZUCCATO,fl SU J- ject of the King 'ofjItaly,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and 5 Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented new and, useful. ln'iprovements -inCorking Machines, of which the'fol lowi'ngis 'a specification. y

This invention relatesto corking m-achines and it has more.particularreference to manually actuated machines for corking bottles,the primary object being 'to provide a sink ple and efiicient devicewhereby corksmay be expeditiously inserted into t-he necl'zs ofbottlesand the like. Y I

Another object of! this invention is to provide a simple and reliablemachine of the nature referred to which may bereadily clamped on theedgeof a table or other-ap proprjiate structure. 7

Still. further the invention has foranob ject the provision of acorkingu machine which comprises but few and-simple parts i that areeasily assembled' and'whenso assembled are; not liable to; get out oford'er.

With the foregoing-end other objects in view as will later on be moreapparent the invent-ion consists essentially .in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts herein-after fully described andmore particularly pointed out by the ap pended claims. I

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings constituting a part of this specication, and inwhich like characters of reference'designate the same parts in both theviews.

Figure l is a broken perspective view of my improved corking machinewith the op erating lever shown raised or out of use, and,

Figure 2 is a similar perspective view but showing the part-in theoperative position.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10 designates a substantiallyrectangular box or casing which is provided with a depending bracket 11and thumb screw 12 by means of which the device may be readily clampedon to a table or in other convenient positions. Extending laterally fromone end of the aforesaid box 10 is a forked arm 13 in which is pivotedby a pin 14 the operating lever 15. This operating lever as will be seenfrom the drawings is of somewhat zig-zag mttern and it has appropriatelyattached thereto at 16 a rod or plunger 17' provided with ahead 18 thatserves in use as lateron explained te -force the cork into the neck of abottle; Slidably mounted within the aforesaid" box 10 is a somewhatcruciform member '19 which is provided with "obliquely inclined ribs 20which gLll'ClGtllOSZlitl-111G111- ber 19 to andlfrointhebox' 10 and? itwilhbc seenon an examination ofFigure '1 that there is pivoted tothiscruciform iii-ember by a lug :21 a connectingrod 2am turnpivotallyattached: at23'to the aforesaid open at'ing lever 15'. It isalsote be noted-that the aforesaid: cruciform member 1-9: is I providedwith avertically grooved portion or an 21 which as later on explained isadapted to co-opera-te- 'with a corresponding jaw whensgripping a cork,said j=aw25 in'turn beingfor-med integral with-or attached to theaforesaid-box 10;

Vertically upstanding within the box 10 is a pin 26'which' limits themovement of the cruciform: member in one-direction, whilst the end ofthe box 10 limits it in thereverse direction. -Hingedly mounted inonecorner of; the. box 110: and 'under the action of a retractile spring 27is a hinged member 28 which is provided with a lip portion 29 which inuse rides over the face 30 of the juxtaposed part of the cruciformmember 19 and serves to compress the cork compactly between the opposedjaws 24 25. Projecting downwardly from the underside of thebox 10 andaxially central wit-h the aforesaid jaws 2%25 when collapsed or movedtoward each other is a depending tubular nozzle 31 through which thecork compressed as above set forth is forced by engagement of the headedpart 18 of the rod 17 thereon and as will be clearly understood on anexamination of the views. A bottle neck is indicated on the drawings indotted lines by the numeral 32 and it will be readily understood thatthe bottle can be held by one hand beneath the nozzle 31 when itisdesired to cork same. A plunger device 38 under the action of acompression spring 3a is housedwithin the aforesaid box 10 and isprovided at its lower part with a crescentshaped member 35 forengagement with the neck of the bottle, and it will be noted that whenthe operating lever 15 is forced downwardly as shown in Figure 2 that itcontacts with this plunger device 34 and thereby prevents the cork frombeing forced too far into the neck of the bottle. A. lid or cover 36 isappropriately secured on the flanged top of the box 10 so that the partsare protected from damage and the like.

Upon throwing the lever 15 from the position shown in Figure 1 to thatshown in Figure 2, the member 19 is moved to the right by link 22, theaw 2a passing in front of pin 26 and the wall 30 passing in rear of saidpin until the latter occupies a position inside the member 19 and limitsmovement thereof by coming in contact with the transverse wall thereof.In the meantime jaws 24, 25 and plate 29 have compressed the cork andplunger 17 has forced the cork into the bottle, also member has beenoperated to strip the bottle from the machine.

From the foregoing description and an examination of the drawings theoperation and eilectiveness of my improved corking machine will beclearly apparent without further description, and whilst- I have shownand described the best form of my invention at present known to me, thesame is susceptible of Various detailed changes and other arrangement ofthe several parts without departing from the spirit and essentialfeatures thereof and it is hereby intended to include all suchreasonable modifications as fairly fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A bottle corking machine comprising a rectangular body having adepending cylindrical cork guide thereon, a rigid cork forming jawwithin said body, a slide within said body, diagonally extending guidingarms on said slide engaging the interior of the body for guidingmovement of the slide, said slide comprising spaced substantiallyparallel portions, a cork forming jaw upon one of said parallelportions, a cam on the other parallel portion, and a pivotally mountedspring actuated cork compressing member carried by said body and adaptedto be moved into cork compressing position by said cam upon movement ofthe slide into bottle corking position.

2. A bottle corking machine comprising a rectangular body having adepending cylindrical cork guide thereon, a rigid cork forming jawwithin said body, a slide within said body, diagonally extending guidingarms on said slide engaging the interior of the body for guidingmovement of the slide, said slide comprising spaced substantIallyparallel portions, a cork forming jaw upon one of said parallelportions, a cam on the other parallel portion, a pivotally mountedspring actuated cork compressing member carried by said body and adaptedto be moved into cork compressing position by said cam upon movement ofthe slide into bottle corking position, a hand lever pivotally carriedby said body, a cork engaging plunger pivotally carried by said handlever, and a coupling rod pivotally connecting the hand lever and slide.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MARIO ZUCCATO.

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